如果你需要以每种媒体的最低成本快速而顺利地存储和检索大量数据,那就请你试用Acorn公司的VirtualBranches系统。Acorn软件配合Pioneer公司生产的换碟式CD—ROM驱动器,可为DEC Open VMS环境提供具有巨大容量和高数据传输速率的功能强大且价格合算的存储办法。用户可以象浏览全部同时联机装入的多个虚拟磁盘那样浏览其CD—ROM库。系统的存储能力仅受用户想要安装的存储设备的数量限制。 根据Acorn软件公司总裁Dole介绍,“Virtual Branches系统给DEC环境创造了即插即用的便利条件。”现在,面向Open VMS系统的大容量CD数据存储设备就象在你的音响系统上选择唱盘一样容易使用”。 这里介绍该系统的运行情况。由于每一个CD—ROM盘表面看起来都象是一个虚拟卷标,因此这就允许所有的 If you need to quickly and smoothly store and retrieve large amounts of data at the lowest cost per media, try Acorn’s VirtualBranches system. Acorn software, coupled with Pioneer disc changeable CD-ROM drives, provides a powerful and cost-effective storage solution for the DEC Open VMS environment with great capacity and high data transfer rates. Users can browse their CD-ROM libraries as if they were browsing all of the multiple virtual disks mounted online at the same time. The storage capacity of a system is limited only by the number of storage devices that the user wants to install. According to Dole, president of Acorn Software, “The Virtual Branches system creates plug-and-play convenience for the DEC environment.” Now, large-capacity CD data storage devices for Open VMS systems are just as selective as playing turntables on your audio system Easy to use. "Here’s how the system works: Since every CD-ROM disc looks like a virtual tag, this allows all